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package org.apache.olingo.commons.api.edm;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * This is used to apply a group of annotations to a single model element.
 */
public interface EdmAnnotations {

  /**
   * @return a model element in the entity model to which this annotations is targeted
   */
  EdmAnnotationsTarget getTarget();

  /**
   * @return a string allowing annotation authors a means of conditionally applying an annotation
   */
  String getQualifier();

  EdmAnnotation getAnnotation(EdmTerm term);

  List<EdmAnnotation> getAnnotations();
}
